The Interprovincial Diplomacy Act (Vuode)
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| Code | Resolution | Date | Status | Approved by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Local Autonomy Act | 2023/XLIV-12-20 | IN FORCE | Estats Xhenerais |
Section 1: Consulates
(1)(a) A consulate is a mission representing the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg (hereafter referred to as "Vuode") within a fellow province or territory of Talossa (hereafter referred to as "fellow province") to which it is assigned, and a reciprocal mission representing a fellow province within Vuode.
(b) Vuode recognizes that consulates representing fellow provinces within its territories may have different terminologies, structures, and procedures than those described in this act.
(2)(a) A consulate ceremonially occupies space and possibly infrastructure within the province to which it is assigned.
(b) Vuode recognizes that the national government of Talossa, and the province in which a consulate is located, retain, to the extent granted by the Organic Law, authority over all space and any infrastructure occupied by that consulate.
(c) Vuode recognizes that a consulate may be unilateral closed by either the province which it represents or the province in which it is located.
(d) Vuode asserts for itself the authority described in Section 1(2)(b) and Section 1(2)(c) of this act.
(3)(a) The functions of a consulate include, but are not limited to, resolution of any interprovincial disputes, as an alternative to calling upon the national government;
(b) Service as an official channel by which Vuode may offer commentary about the affairs of a fellow province, and vice-versa;
(c) Coordination of joint political and humanitarian efforts and statements
(d) Facilitation of cross-cultural exchange.
Section 2: Consular Staff
(1)(a) A consul is the leading and, unless deemed necessary, only member of the consular staff.
(b) A consul is responsible for representing the interests of Vuode in discussions with the appropriate leadership of the fellow province in which their consulate is located, and for maintaining records of any significant materials arising from these discussions.
(c) A single citizen of Vuode may serve as more than one consul simultaneously.
(d) A consul is totally subject to first to the authority of the Estats Xhenerais and then to the authority of the Premier of Vuode.
Section 3: Establishment, Maintenance, and Revocation of Diplomacy
(1)(a) The procedure to establish diplomacy between Vuode and a fellow province begins with a tentative agreement, negotiated between the Premier of Vuode and the appropriate leadership of the fellow province, to exchange consultes at particular locations.
(b) The Premier enters into such negotiations at the direction of the Estats Xhenerais or of the Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais, or by the initiative of the Premier.
(c) Should the Premier enter into such negotiations by their own initiative, they must inform the Estats Xhenerais.
(d) The tentative agreement is then proposed to the Estats Xhenerais.
(e) Diplomacy is established if both the Estats Xhenerais and its counterpart in the fellow province approve of the agreement.
(2)(a) To appoint a consul, the Premier designates a citizen of Vuode to present their credentials to the appropriate leadership of the fellow province.
(b) The consul-designate presents their credentials by issuing the following statement to the appropriate leadership of the fellow province:
I, (name of consul-designate), as a representative of the United Provinces of Vuode and Dandenburg, do humbly submit my credentials to (name of appropriate leadership of fellow province), (title of appropriate leadership of fellow province) of (longform name of fellow province).
(c) The consul-designate becomes the consul upon the approval of the appropriate leadership.
(d) The consul may be recalled by the Premier.
(3)(a) Credentials from consul-designates from the fellow province are to be submitted to the Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais.
(b) The Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais notifies the Estats Xhenerais of the submission of credentials and, should not objection be raised within three days of notice, receives the credentials.
(c) Should a councillor of the Estats Xhenerais object to the credentials of a consul-designated of the fellow province, the Estats Xhenerais will hold a vote to direct the Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais to receive or reject those credentials.
(d) Should he credentials of a consul-designated of the fellow province, the Presiding Officer of the Estats Xhenerais will issue the reasons for the rejection.
(e) Any consul from a fellow province may be expelled at the direction of the Premier or the Estats Xhenerais.
(4) Diplomacy with a fellow province may be revoked by act of the Estats Xhenerais.